[1939] Beowulf, Translated By William Ellery Leonard
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:47198495 | Binding: Hardcover |
| Language: English |
The story of Beowulf, the Strong Man and the Helper of Mankind, comes from pretty far away and pretty long ago. It was a story that grew up across the seas in the fjords of Western Scandinavia and the marshy coasts and low plains of Denmark, in the times when the chiefs and their retainers in their halls and the farmer-folk in their homesteads, during the long winter evenings of the north, used to enjoy make-believe and song of the harp. It was really a c...ollection of stories, some of them historical traditions of Viking voyages and real battles, but most of them stories invented by the folk-imagination, like Jack the Giant Killer and other fairy stories about strange and tremendous adventures. But they were invented in such a lively manner that doubtless both the tellers and the listeners came to half-believe them true- just as every child half-believes the story of Jack the Giant Killer to be true.
And they were told over many times by many different storytellers; and presumably almost every new story-teller added something new and interesting of his own invention...
And they were told over many times by many different storytellers; and presumably almost every new story-teller added something new and interesting of his own invention...
